Those three will be inducted July 27 along with three managers elected last month by Expansion Era Committee: Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre.

This was Martinez’s fifth year on the ballot, but his support slipped sharply from previous years. He never polled lower than 32.9 percent prior to this year, but he will return on next year’s ballot because he topped 5 percent.

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Bob Dutton joins The News Tribune after more than 25 years at the Kansas City Star, including the last 13 covering baseball and the Royals. He was the president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 2008 and serves on the committee that nominates players to the Hall of Fame.

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